Dorothy McGuire's Death

The movie actress Dorothy McGuire died at the age of 85. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Actress who appeared in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and Swiss Family Robinson.

She was married to photographer John Swope from 1943 until his death in 1979 and they had two children.

She was 84. The cause was complications of Parkinson’s disease, said her son Rex Williamson. Ms. McGuire and her sisters, Christine (the oldest) and Phyllis (the youngest and the lead singer), became pop stars at roughly the same time that rock ‘n’ roll was becoming a worldwide phenomenon.

Quotes

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To this day, I don’t know what shapes a Hollywood career.

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I took it all for granted, I’m sorry to say.

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When I first read the script, I realized that Katie would have to be played as a rather down-to-earth person.

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I had such extraordinary breaks from the moment I entered the theater.